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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L512-6

Members' shares are always in registered form. Where they are negotiable, they are transferred with the approval of the Board of Directors. If the banque populaire is set up as a société à capital var…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L512-69

Crédit maritime mutuel is provided by four categories of credit institutions affiliated to the central body for savings banks and popular banks: 1. Regional caisses de crédit maritime mutuel ; 2. Unio…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L512-68

The purpose of Crédit Maritime Mutuel is to facilitate the financing of operations and investments relating to sea fishing, sea farming and related activities, as well as the extraction of sand, grave…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: General information

Article L525-6

As soon as the total value of electronic money in circulation exceeds one million euros, the undertaking referred to in Article L. 525-5 shall send a declaration to the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article L571-6

Failure by the directors of a credit institution or finance company to draw up an inventory for each financial year, prepare annual financial statements and a management report in accordance with the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Public policy

Article L2242-6

Collective company agreements on actual salaries may only be filed with the administrative authority, under the conditions set out in article L. 2231-6, if accompanied by a report on the opening of ne…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L2315-6

In establishments with one or more installations subject to authorisation underArticle L. 512-1 of the Environment Code or subject to the provisions of Articles L. 211-2 and L. 211-3, Titles II to VII…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Conciliation procedure.

Article L2522-6

If the conciliation procedure fails, the dispute shall be submitted either to the mediation procedure under the conditions provided for in Chapter III, or to the arbitration procedure provided for in…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Public policy

Article L3122-6

The daily working time of a night worker may not exceed eight hours, except in the cases provided for in Article L. 3122-17 or where Articles L. 3132-16 to L. 3132-19 apply.In addition, in exceptional…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Public policy

Article L3142-62

Representation leave may be split into half-days. Its duration cannot be deducted from the annual paid leave and is treated as a period of actual work for the purposes of determining paid leave entitl…

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